Crysede: A closer look part 1

Drop in to Royal Cornwall Museum for a closer look behind the scenes of the exhibition with museum staff members. We'll be running informal guided tours of the exhibition, will have special objects out from the museum stores and a space to create your own printing blocks inspired by the exhibition.

This event will take place in the Chapel Gallery, where the Crysede exhibition is taking place

Drop in from 11 - 2pm

Teas and coffees provided

All materials provided

This is an event for all. Anyone under the age of 12 must come with an adult.

This event is free with an annual pass. You can buy an annual pass for £7.50 at the front desk. Under 18s go free.

Accessibility and pre visit information

About Crysede: Iconic Imagemakers:

During the 1920s and 1930s, Crysede brought high quality textile design and manufacture to a new money international clientele, first in Newlyn, then in St Ives, and finally, during the late 1940s and early 1950s, in Hayle.

The beautiful designs of silk manufacturer and artist Alec Walker were printed onto English silk using the woodblock printing process. The clothes were sold through the company’s own outlets around the country, and overseas through mail order.

Crysede was a major employer in West Cornwall and, at a time of high unemployment, provided several generations of young local women with valuable dress-making skills.

The exhibition, which will include Crysede garments, original art works, textile samples, photographs, oral history recordings, and other pieces will help centre this unique business in its wider cultural and artistic context.

Host or Publisher Royal Cornwall Museum